Healing Hands Ministries Announces New CEO

 

Healing Hands Ministries, a faith-based, patient-centered non-profit community health center in Dallas, has named accomplished healthcare executive Brian A. Hawkins as its new CEO.  In this position, Hawkins will oversee Healing Hands Ministries’ mission work providing compassionate, accessible and quality healthcare through more than 42,000 annual patient visits with uninsured and underinsured patients at its two area campuses.

Heading to North Texas from the nation’s capital, Hawkins brings a distinguished background in healthcare management. For the past two years, Hawkins served as president and CEO of Family Health Centers in Baltimore, a fellow federally qualified health center.  Prior to this position, Hawkins spent 27 years serving our nation’s veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs, culminating with a seven-year term as CEO of the District of Columbia VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

“We are thrilled to welcome Brian Hawkins, who brings not only impressive qualifications and experience, but also a heart for community and commitment to the relationship-centered care that is so central to our mission,” said Adam Chabira, chairman of the board of Healing Hands Ministries.

 

Added Hawkins, “I am honored to join Healing Hands Ministries at a time when compassionate, quality healthcare is in even greater need as families recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.  I am looking forward to being a part of such a worthy mission that is actively changing lives and serving an incredible community.”

 

Hawkins began his position with Healing Hands Ministries in early May.

Healing Hands Ministries, is a faith based, non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)/Community Health Center (CHC) that provides compassionate, accessible and quality healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured in Dallas County. With patients always at the center, Healing Hands Ministries opened its doors in 2007, with the premise that high quality health care can make a critical difference in the life of a person: between life and death, or employment and disability.  With two locations in the Vickery Meadow area of Dallas, Healing Hands Ministries provided more than 42,000 patient visits last year alone, with a strong focus on the underserved.  The organization offers seven clinical service lines including pediatrics, women’s, two family clinics, dental, behavioral health and the Rosewood Vision Center.  The majority (65%) of the medical staff is bilingual, serving patients speaking 68 different languages. For more information about Healing Hands Ministries, please visit HealingHandsDallas.org.